(n) a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966, Syn. Kingdom of Lesotho, Basutoland
n. pl.; sing.Basuto (Ethnol.) A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided into many tribes, at one time subjected by the English. They formerly practiced cannibalism, but have now adopted many European customs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]